Someone stripped of the wrap and painted the whole thing with white paint, also the hoops and lugs are painted, but i already started ton clean all that S... of it:-)

Whats a lick N?? :-)

A badge you peel off a sheet and stick it on. (no grommet)

I see something tied around the snare ????

OK, there is no badge on it anymore!I think you see the string of the strainer, there is nothing else on it:-)

In the middle pic. it looks like some kind of tapered wedge or something ??

Ah ok, thats the lifter for the wires...a wee bit strange that thing:-)

I suppose this Tromsa is from 70's - 80's.

Maybe collegue Calfskin will tell us more precisely.

Cheers,

George.

The lugs on those drums say 1969/70, you can see that in their catalogue:

http://home.arcor.de/pfaue/tromsa/katalog/kat69/kat69.htm

You should check the inside of the shells for any stamps or marks (the Sonor at least should have one). I recently got a FT exactly like this one, a 1976 with the exact same wrap on it. I'm not an expert, but I believe that German drums of that time were 6-ply beechwood with no re-rings - correct me if I'm wrong.

Alex

HY Alex

i think you are right! It looks like the Modell M3 in this catalog - 10" mounted Tom, 20" Bassdrum , 14"" Snare!

:-)

The inside off the Tromsa shells say only the Name "Eltner M." written with the hand, wich was probably the drumbuilder or qualityinspector, IMO, there is no stamp or something else to see! They are beechwood shells!

The Sonor FT is like you say 6ply beechwood no rerings:-) i would date it to 76!